Daily Clean Energy Briefings — page 4 of 10
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Solar costs are climbing for the first time in years
Lazard's 2026 LCOE report pegs utility-scale solar at $40–$98/MWh, up from $38–$78/MWh last year, driven by tariffs, higher interest rates, and rising capital costs — a shift that will ripple through…
Virginia ratepayers face a double hit on electricity bills
Dominion Energy customers are absorbing rising fuel costs and new grid investment charges simultaneously, a squeeze that could reshape how the state's largest utility finances its clean energy…
A federal court just defused the IRS threat to claw back billions in clean energy tax credits
The Alta Wind I ruling at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims blocks the kind of systematic basis challenges that had kept developers' tax counsel up at night, removing what analysts called an…
Ohio's siting board asks the state Supreme Court to dodge a ruling on Vesper Energy's solar permit…
Ohio's siting board asks the state Supreme Court to dodge a ruling on Vesper Energy's solar permit denial — a legal retreat that leaves developers without clarity on how the state will handle future…
MIT finds solar and storage will preserve 74–95% of expected growth despite Republican cuts to IRA incentives
The finding hands developers and lenders a data point they've been waiting months for: the business case for utility-scale solar holds even under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's reduced tax credits.
A tribal solar project in New Mexico broke ground days before a federal permit freeze could kill it
DESRI's 170 MW Foxtail Flats array on Ute Mountain Ute land is now the clearest test case of whether sovereign nations can outrun Washington's tightening grip on utility-scale solar approvals.
Electric school buses are becoming grid batteries
Districts across the country are testing vehicle-to-grid technology that turns idle bus fleets into distributed storage assets, a development that could reshape how utilities manage peak demand and…
PJM declares grid emergency as heat dome bakes the eastern U.S
The largest power grid in America is burning through its emergency playbook on Independence Day weekend, with electricity prices spiking and clean power purchase agreements climbing toward levels not…
FERC orders grid operators to justify large-load rules
The commission's show-cause action targets how RTOs handle data center and industrial interconnections, a signal that queue and planning reforms are coming whether operators volunteer them or not.
Duke Energy took $129 million from the Trump administration to surrender an offshore wind lease
Duke Energy took $129 million from the Trump administration to surrender an offshore wind lease, the fourth such federal buyout as the White House methodically dismantles the U.S. offshore wind…
An Oregon lawsuit threatens to unravel federal authority over public lands across the West
An Oregon lawsuit threatens to unravel federal authority over public lands across the West, putting wind and solar permits worth billions at legal risk. Separately, French utility EDF is offloading…
Wind developers are filing lawsuits and mounting their most aggressive legal campaign yet against…
Wind developers are filing lawsuits and mounting their most aggressive legal campaign yet against Trump administration efforts to freeze offshore and onshore projects. The coordinated push —…
California escalates its offshore wind fight with the Trump administration
California escalates its offshore wind fight with the Trump administration, issuing subpoenas over the Golden State Wind cancellation while preparing a broader legal challenge to protect the state's…
California is suing the Trump administration over the killing of a central coast offshore wind project
The legal fight, announced today, opens a new front in the escalating federal-state war over renewable energy development and could shape the future of the entire U.S. offshore wind pipeline.
NatPower and Tesla strike a deal on the first phase of a $5 billion battery storage buildout
The agreement signals that massive storage capital is still flowing even as lenders tighten merchant-revenue limits across the sector.
California bets on solar canals to solve two crises at once
The state is piloting solar panels over irrigation waterways to generate clean electricity while cutting water evaporation, a dual-use model that could reshape how developers think about project…
Bloomberg pledges $285 million to renewable industry groups across the developing world
The commitment — the largest piece of a $590 million environmental package the billionaire is unveiling during London Climate Action Week — aims to give solar and wind associations in emerging…
Restricting U.S. wind and solar could cost $121 billion
A new macroeconomic study finds that tighter permitting constraints would saddle American households and businesses with $11.6 billion a year in excess electricity and gas costs through 2033, driven…
Pattern Energy's 3,650 MW SunZia wind farm in New Mexico is fully operational
Pattern Energy's 3,650 MW SunZia wind farm in New Mexico is fully operational, making it the largest wind project in the United States. The commissioning caps a decade-long development saga and…
Pattern Energy's 3,650 MW SunZia wind farm in New Mexico is nearing commercial operation
Pattern Energy's 3,650 MW SunZia wind farm in New Mexico is nearing commercial operation, set to become the largest wind project ever built in the United States. The milestone arrives as the Trump…
Trump administration drops its wind energy court fight
The White House abandoned its appeal of a federal ruling that struck down the president's executive order freezing wind project permits and leases, handing a coalition of state attorneys general a…
Solar and wind developers face a July 4 cliff for federal tax credits
The Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act sets a hard cutoff less than three weeks away, forcing project sponsors to rush construction starts and safe-harbor purchases before the…
Trump drops his appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked his offshore wind moratorium
Trump drops his appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked his offshore wind moratorium, a tactical retreat that reopens permitting pathways for stalled projects but leaves the industry bracing…
Wind groups sue Pentagon over stalled reviews blocking 100+ projects
Renewable energy companies are asking federal courts to force the Department of Defense to resume military compatibility reviews for more than 100 wind farms across 21 states — reviews that were once…
Cypress Creek closes $3.5 billion for a 1.63 GW solar-plus-storage complex in Arkansas
The Steel River Energy Center financing — among the largest single renewable project deals in U.S. history — lands as developers race to lock in capital before federal tax credit rules shift further…
Solar topped coal in America for the first time in May
Solar topped coal in America for the first time in May — even as Q1 installations fell 27% and the Trump administration tightened restrictions on Chinese battery and solar suppliers. The collision of…
GM bets big on sodium-ion batteries for grid-scale storage
The automaker's partnership with Peak Energy and its push into utility and data center markets signal a strategic pivot as EV sales growth slows, with 7.2 MWh of second-life battery storage headed to…
A federal judge has vacated the Trump administration's attempt to block utility-scale solar and…
A federal judge has vacated the Trump administration's attempt to block utility-scale solar and wind projects from qualifying for tax credits through the 5% safe harbor provision, delivering a major…
California's Tumbleweed battery project has become the first major U.S. installation capable of…
California's Tumbleweed battery project has become the first major U.S. installation capable of discharging for eight hours straight — double the industry standard — marking a milestone that could…
North Carolina legislators are advancing the Ratepayer Protection Act
North Carolina legislators are advancing the Ratepayer Protection Act, a sweeping energy bill that would regulate data center power consumption while simultaneously incentivizing fossil fuel…